Sunderland recovered from their midweek defeat at Sheffield United to claim an excellent victory at Stoke City. Ross Stewart scored the only goal of the game, latching on to Jack Clarke's pass and firing home his third goal of the season.
That goal came in injury time at the end of a first half in which Sunderland were second-best for long periods. But in the second half, the Black Cats were much-improved and they had chances to add further goals.
In the end, one goal was enough and it secured Alex Neil's men their second win since returning to the Championship. Sunderland climbed to fifth in the table, with eight points from their first five games.
